I don't think y'all would get it, especially if you weren't around when Hit em up dropped. It had nothin to do with the lyrics, or even the purpose of it. The shock appeal alone made it an instant classic. There are many different types of diss tracks that come for different reasons, with some songs havin more valid reasons than others. Hit em up's strength definitely wasn't the lyrical content as far as being clever or witty, but because it was more than just brave. You COULD say that it ultimately got him killed but that's up for a different discussion.

I'd say this...if you were the opponent in each of these diss tracks, Hit em up would piss you off the most. Some of these songs would piss you off because it's like damn, he put me on blast...damn, I didn't know anybody knew that....damn, that is true about my career, but not too many would really make you be like FUCK THAT BITCH and really be hyped up enough to wanna kill em you know. I can even picture Jay-Z doin a real ********* laugh when he first heard "Ether" but I could never see Biggie laughin when he heard Hit em up. Songs like that put fear in the opponent's heart.

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I was around when the beef started and still didn't see anything great about Hit Em Up. To me, it was full of threats on dude's life that any random thug/hardcore rapper could've said in their rhymes.

Speaking of that, why the fuck wasn't King Of Da Hill even mentioned? It was certainly better then Nail In The Coffin or Backdown. Blueprint 2 was way better then Takeover, but still Ether shits on both songs in my opinion.